| 100% | EARLE | 5 | ___ Wheeler, 1964-70 chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| 71% | OMARBRADLEY | 11 | First chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1949 |
| 69% | GEN | 3 | Rank of Mark A. Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (abbr.) |
| 69% | OMARBRADLEY | 11 | US Army officer; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1949-53 |
| 68% | BRADLEY | 7 | Omar —, US Army general; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1949-53 |
| 67% | BRADLEY | 7 | Omar —, US Army general who was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1949-53 |
| 65% | EARLE | 5 | 1960s Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Wheeler |
| 54% | OSS | 3 | Joint Chiefs of Staff agcy. that became the CIA in 1945 |
| 48% | WARDEN | 6 | Joint chief of staff? |
| 44% | LEO | 3 | The West Wing's chief of staff |
| 44% | STAFF | 5 | Joint Chiefs of ___ (military advisors to the president) |
| 44% | RAHMEMANUEL | 11 | Chief of staff in the Obama White House |
| 43% | STAFF | 5 | Joint Chiefs of ___ (group that advises the US president) |
| 41% | USARMY | 6 | James C. McConville is the Chief of Staff of this org. |
| 41% | ELI | 3 | ___Gold, chief of staff on the TV series "The Good Wife" |
| 40% | OMAR | 4 | Bradley who was the first Joint Chiefs chairman |
| 39% | TEDDER | 6 | Arthur —, Chief of the Air Staff from 1946-50 |
| 39% | LEO | 3 | "The West Wing" chief of staff ___ McGarry |
| 38% | SCHARNHORST | 11 | Gerhard von —, Chief of the Prussian General Staff from 1808-10 |
| 38% | ALANBROOKE | 10 | 1st Viscount —, Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1941-46 |
| 38% | RAHM | 4 | ___ Emanuel, former White House chief of staff under Obama who's now the mayor of Chicago |
| 38% | THENIGHTAGENT | 13 | Current Netflix action series starring Hong Chau as the White House Chief of Staff: 3 wds. |
| 37% | LEO | 3 | ___ McGarry, chief of staff on "The West Wing" |
| 37% | ELI | 3 | ___ Gold, chief of staff on "The Good Wife" |
| 37% | LEO | 3 | White House chief of staff on "The West Wing" |
| 37% | ELI | 3 | Peter's chief of staff on "The Good Wife" |
| 36% | ARTICULAR | 9 | Of the joints |
| 36% | LEO | 3 | Jed's first chief of staff on "The West Wing" |
| 36% | LEO | 3 | White House chief of staff McGarry, on “The West Wing” |
| 36% | GATEKEEPER | 10 | Chief of staff, frequently |